"Aflatoxin affair to cost Serbia hundreds of millions"

"Some farmers "showed more knowledge than the government," as they separated the healthy from the contaminated corn.." B92

Exactly, do you know that they removed 80% core of the "problem", actually?

Well that's truth, further on cow need a week or two for decontamination by simplest organic additive to a corn or water. Cow should drink over 100l of water daily so there's activated charcoal option.

Within a week milk should be far bellow 0.05 and within a few months (1/3rd decontamination) should reach bottom of 0.01 (+-0.01) so it could be even "zero".

I will always repeat that Aflatoxine is not your problem considering milk, there's set of greater problems, just to make you wonder, learn about, and hopefully reduce milk use generally. We don't need it so much anyway, trust me.

We all must turn on micro plans where 10-20 families will employ their own farmer, permanently. This is the only future if you cannot produce yourselves but you want to eat real organic food, food controlled by you first of all.

Now I'm going to eat roasted free range chicken and chestnut pure.

I cleaned chestnuts myself BTW, each one was optically checked for Aspergillus. Despite that I'm sure that I'll just now contaminate myself with Aflatoxin B1 in amount equivalent to 1000 liters of 0.05 Aflatoxin M1 milk we talk about those days. Do you copy that?

What will you eat this evening?

Bon appétit!

Sounds like plain incompetence to me. Heads must roll. To cost the state hundreds of millions in these hard times is unforgiveable. And just say NO to GM.

Gino,

All is in the hands of Serbian citezenry. It's up to Serbian citizens what kind of state they have / will have. And to what kind of country you welcome someone.

Today's situation:

Generally passive, inert citizenry that doesn't appreciate independent critical thought. Instead it spends its time and energy chewing the problem -not heading towards solutions.The citizen participation in public life must become more active, from taking part in neighbourhood issues to state politics. Citizens must be more active in making citizen initiatives and follow the handlings of their initiatives.

Any citizen can make a difference already by supporting good initiatives and clear thinking of a friend, neighbour, colleague, a candidate/member of municipal assembly or state parliament. You can't do things alone, you must get support from others, or yourself support someone. Supporting a person or an initiative means taking part in life around you.

How sad -

1. Aflatoxins were detected in corn in the autumn.

2. Agricultural economist Goran Živkov stopped buying Serbian milk and cheese in November.

So the problem was detected and there was awerness about it among farmers and even among state's civil servants. Živkov knew there's a health hazard. Why didn't he inform the public?

It's quite obvious that the system has failed. And system has failed because responsible people have failed. The biggest problem in most organizations is in the communication. People and departments do not inform eachothers.

Both the DS and the SNS have failed here.

Sounds like plain incompetence to me. Heads must roll. To cost the state hundreds of millions in these hard times is unforgiveable. And just say NO to GM.
(Wally, 26 February 2013 15:23)


I see "2- poor comment" by now bellow this comment..

Why?

Please, tell that as "anonymous"., is it because bad comment in whole, bad idea, proposal, intention or grammar? Is it "personal" or what?

I mean, it so short to process it and I cannot see anything wrong with it and that's why I ask..

Welcome to Serbia!

Im surprised they didnt put the blame on a conspiracy theory in which Germany, Croatia, Albania and the Vatican were trying to poison poor Serbs ......

How is the DS responsible? The problem developed during the drought last summer when the corn was stressed, so I don't see how it's the DS' fault - they lost the election in May (I think it was May - last spring, anyway). Maybe it's a problem of the long inter-regnum between governments, when nobody is clearly responsible. Other countries criticize the U.S. for its long (if not permanent) presidential campaigns, but at least the handover period is relatively brief, even when one party (that shall remain nameless) obstructs the new president's choices from being installed in office.

In USA FDA standard is 0.05 ppb i.e. 10 more than Serbian 0.05 microgram per kg

Serbia almost made it to fulfill the "Acquis communautaire" of the European Union. After a number of incredible food scandals from poisoned food, horse meat lasagna, so called "bio" chicken and eggs, etc. in German and other EU countries only in the recent months, finally Serbia understood what European standards really are and sent us some poisoned corn. The EU commission is delighted will, ordered immediately a portion of Serbian cornflakes for Chancellor Merkel in Berlin and will push Serbia's membership negotiations forward. Welcome in the healthy agricultural paradise of the EU!
P.S.: I only worry I wont get anymore delicious fresh salads, meet and bread when I am next time in Serbia, because everything will be EU like ... you will have to send pigs in the future to Norway for slaughtering, packaging will happen in UK and than thanks to a number of unknown chemicals pork will come back to serbia and still looking sooo fresh, as if the pig was sill alive yesterday. Of course it will be more expansive than - you have to pay for shipping Serbian pigs to Norway, UK, Germany, ... and back to Serbia as pork. So do not miss the chance to have you last really good fresh Serbian food before you become a member of our club.

Sounds like plain incompetence to me. Heads must roll. To cost the state hundreds of millions in these hard times is unforgiveable. And just say NO to GM.

Welcome to Serbia!

Serbia almost made it to fulfill the "Acquis communautaire" of the European Union. After a number of incredible food scandals from poisoned food, horse meat lasagna, so called "bio" chicken and eggs, etc. in German and other EU countries only in the recent months, finally Serbia understood what European standards really are and sent us some poisoned corn. The EU commission is delighted will, ordered immediately a portion of Serbian cornflakes for Chancellor Merkel in Berlin and will push Serbia's membership negotiations forward. Welcome in the healthy agricultural paradise of the EU!
P.S.: I only worry I wont get anymore delicious fresh salads, meet and bread when I am next time in Serbia, because everything will be EU like ... you will have to send pigs in the future to Norway for slaughtering, packaging will happen in UK and than thanks to a number of unknown chemicals pork will come back to serbia and still looking sooo fresh, as if the pig was sill alive yesterday. Of course it will be more expansive than - you have to pay for shipping Serbian pigs to Norway, UK, Germany, ... and back to Serbia as pork. So do not miss the chance to have you last really good fresh Serbian food before you become a member of our club.

How sad -

"Some farmers "showed more knowledge than the government," as they separated the healthy from the contaminated corn.." B92

Exactly, do you know that they removed 80% core of the "problem", actually?

Well that's truth, further on cow need a week or two for decontamination by simplest organic additive to a corn or water. Cow should drink over 100l of water daily so there's activated charcoal option.

Within a week milk should be far bellow 0.05 and within a few months (1/3rd decontamination) should reach bottom of 0.01 (+-0.01) so it could be even "zero".

I will always repeat that Aflatoxine is not your problem considering milk, there's set of greater problems, just to make you wonder, learn about, and hopefully reduce milk use generally. We don't need it so much anyway, trust me.

We all must turn on micro plans where 10-20 families will employ their own farmer, permanently. This is the only future if you cannot produce yourselves but you want to eat real organic food, food controlled by you first of all.

Now I'm going to eat roasted free range chicken and chestnut pure.

I cleaned chestnuts myself BTW, each one was optically checked for Aspergillus. Despite that I'm sure that I'll just now contaminate myself with Aflatoxin B1 in amount equivalent to 1000 liters of 0.05 Aflatoxin M1 milk we talk about those days. Do you copy that?

What will you eat this evening?

Bon appétit!

Sounds like plain incompetence to me. Heads must roll. To cost the state hundreds of millions in these hard times is unforgiveable. And just say NO to GM.
(Wally, 26 February 2013 15:23)


I see "2- poor comment" by now bellow this comment..

Why?

Please, tell that as "anonymous"., is it because bad comment in whole, bad idea, proposal, intention or grammar? Is it "personal" or what?

I mean, it so short to process it and I cannot see anything wrong with it and that's why I ask..

1. Aflatoxins were detected in corn in the autumn.

2. Agricultural economist Goran Živkov stopped buying Serbian milk and cheese in November.

So the problem was detected and there was awerness about it among farmers and even among state's civil servants. Živkov knew there's a health hazard. Why didn't he inform the public?

It's quite obvious that the system has failed. And system has failed because responsible people have failed. The biggest problem in most organizations is in the communication. People and departments do not inform eachothers.

Both the DS and the SNS have failed here.

Gino,

All is in the hands of Serbian citezenry. It's up to Serbian citizens what kind of state they have / will have. And to what kind of country you welcome someone.

Today's situation:

Generally passive, inert citizenry that doesn't appreciate independent critical thought. Instead it spends its time and energy chewing the problem -not heading towards solutions.The citizen participation in public life must become more active, from taking part in neighbourhood issues to state politics. Citizens must be more active in making citizen initiatives and follow the handlings of their initiatives.

Any citizen can make a difference already by supporting good initiatives and clear thinking of a friend, neighbour, colleague, a candidate/member of municipal assembly or state parliament. You can't do things alone, you must get support from others, or yourself support someone. Supporting a person or an initiative means taking part in life around you.

How is the DS responsible? The problem developed during the drought last summer when the corn was stressed, so I don't see how it's the DS' fault - they lost the election in May (I think it was May - last spring, anyway). Maybe it's a problem of the long inter-regnum between governments, when nobody is clearly responsible. Other countries criticize the U.S. for its long (if not permanent) presidential campaigns, but at least the handover period is relatively brief, even when one party (that shall remain nameless) obstructs the new president's choices from being installed in office.

Im surprised they didnt put the blame on a conspiracy theory in which Germany, Croatia, Albania and the Vatican were trying to poison poor Serbs ......

In USA FDA standard is 0.05 ppb i.e. 10 more than Serbian 0.05 microgram per kg